System and method for supporting management network interface card port failover in a middleware machine environment
AssigneeOracle International Corporation
InventorBjorn-Dag Johnsen
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Abstract
A system and method can support virtual network interface card (NIC) failover in a middleware machine environment. The middleware machine environment includes a local management node and a remote management node. The system provides a local NIC driver and a remote proxy instance on a local management node. The remote proxy instance can associate a machine address with a remote NIC driver on a remote management node that is connected with the local remote management node in a subnet. Furthermore, the remote proxy instance operates to direct packets to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address.
Claims20
A system for supporting virtual network interface card (NIC) failover in a middleware machine environment, comprising:
- one or more microprocessors;
- a local NIC driver on a local management node in a subnet, wherein the local management node is connected with a remote management node;
- and
- a remote proxy instance, running on the one or more microprocessors, on the local management node, wherein the remote proxy instance operate to associate a machine address with a remote NIC driver on the remote management node,
- wherein the remote proxy instance operates to direct packets at least one of to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address.
A method for supporting a middleware machine environment, comprising:
- providing a local NIC driver on a local management node in a subnet, wherein the local management node is connected with a remote management node;
- associating, via a remote proxy instance running on one or more microprocessors on the local management node, a machine address with a remote NIC driver on the remote management node;
- and
- directing, via the remote proxy instance, packets at least one of to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to perform the steps of:
- providing a local NIC driver on a local management node in a subnet, wherein the local management node is connected with a remote management node;
- associating, via a remote proxy instance running on one or more microprocessors on the local management node, a machine address with a remote NIC driver on the remote management node;
- and
- directing, via the remote proxy instance, packets at least one of to and from the remote NIC driver using the machine address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.